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Deon du Plessis: a man truly larger than life goes on great sabbatical in sky

By Mandy de Waal: @mandyldewaal

12 Sep 2011

The white hyena, the gun-loving boer, that great newspaper man who gave South Africa's blue-collared hordes news worth reading, is no more. In his place a giant of a legacy - a tabloid every flailing newspaper's trying to copy in a sector where the Daily Sun remains unrivaled.

The late Deon du Plessis, founder and publisher of South African tabloid newspaper the Daily Sun.

"Everything changes all the time...the one constant of life is that nothing is...constant." Two days before he died of acute bronchitis at his Johannesburg home on Sunday, 11 September 2011, Daily Sun publisher Deon du Plessis' words of farewell to his readers were published on the tabloid's blog. "Your good natured and mostly-cheerful (except in winter) columnist is bailing out of these woods from next week."

Du Plessis was due to take the first sabbatical of his lifetime and was planning to enjoy three months off from the world of news and attention-grabbing headlines, but unfortunately passed away before that became a reality. "I have never had a holiday like this before... so actually I have no idea what I'll do with it," Du Plessis wrote in his column.

Continue reading the full obituary on www.dailymaverick.co.za.

Du Plessis leaves behind his wife Vanessa, daughter Daniella and two grandchildren. Bizcommunity.com extends condolences to family, friends and colleagues.

See also:

Daily Sun: Daily Sun publisher dies
Google News Search: Deon du Plessis
Twitter Search: "Deon du Plessis" OR deonduplessis

Updated at 9.56am on 12 September 2011.

Source: Daily Maverick

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Mandy de Waal

About Mandy de Waal: @mandyldewaal

Editor, writer and researcher. *Editor of #TheFutureByDesign & The Africa Annual *Published in Africa's Greatest Entrepreneurs *Published in Rolling Stone Magazine, The Guardian (UK), Daily Maverick, Finweek, Mail & Guardian, City Press, Rapport, Moneyweb, Noseweek; Brainstorm Magazine; ITWeb, and MarkLives. *Before becoming a full time writer, de Waal founded brand agency Idea Engineers, and led the Cape Town office of Text 100.